August 3, 2008 3

ThunderBolt AS3 supports Flex 4 (Gumbo)

ThunderBolt AS3 version 2.0 is out now! ThunderBolt AS3 is a lightweight logger extension for logging any ActionScript 3.0 projects based on Flex 2-4, AIR or Flash 9-10 using Firebug or the new ThunderBolt AS3 Console.

After a public beta phase of two months and about 500-1.000 beta testers (1.240 downloads) the doors are open for the new release 2.0. Thanks to all the participants!

One of the new features is the support and Flex 4 (Gumbo). Check out the following example. Note: Flash Player 10 beta will be required.

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Flex | Open Source | ThunderBolt

June 21, 2008 28

A basic PureMVC MultiCore AS3 example using Pipes Utility and Modules

UPDATE [08/25/08]: Source has been updated using PureMVC 1.0.5 MultiCore.

These days I’ve been playing around with the latest cool utility for PureMVC MultiCore AS3 called “Pipes Utility” developed by Cliff Hall. It’s a very helpful and powerful utility to communicate among all core actors of a module based application using PureMVC.

For a better understanding I created a basic example using modules. It’s just a simple app called “HelloPipes”, which loads and unloads a module for communicating with its shell using Pipes. Module and shell are acting as a core based on PureMVC MultiCore AS3.

The following example including full source may help anybody who is interested in the new Pipe Utility too ;-) .

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Flex | Open Source | PureMVC

June 15, 2008 6

10 tips and tricks using ThunderBolt AS3

Almost one year ago I started to develop a small extension called ThunderBolt AS3 for logging ActionScript 3 applications using Firebug as simple as possible. Today its nice to see that the community uses and supports this extension as well.

For all those who not familiar with it: ThunderBolt AS3 is a lightweight logger extension for any ActionScript 3 applications based on Flash CS3, Flex or Adobe AIR using Firebug or its own ThunderBolt AS3 Console.

Here are some tips and tricks using ThunderBolt AS3:

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AIR | Flash | Flex | ThunderBolt

June 1, 2008 18

The new ThunderBolt AS3 Console based on Adobe AIR

ThunderBolt AS3 is a lightweight logger extension for Flex or Flash application using Firebug. With its new tool called ThunderBolt AS3 Console, which based on Adobe AIR, it’s independent on Firebug. That’s incredible helpful for logging AIR applications using ThunderBolt AS3.

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AIR | Debugging | Flash | Flex | Open Source | ThunderBolt

May 11, 2008 2

PureMVC’s “Best Practices Document” has been translated into German

It’s done! It takes me few days to translate the great documentation called “PureMVC – Implementation, Idioms and Best Practices” published by Cliff Hall into German. Anyway, it was worth it! 52 pages about using PureMVC in a right way including examples, tips and general information using design patterns.

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AIR | Flash | Flex | Open Source | PureMVC

April 30, 2008 63

Quick tip: Avoid issues using Adobes AutoComplete Input component using Flex 3

There are several Flex components for handling auto completion out there, for example components called CompletionInput, Autocomplete TextInput or Adobes AutoComplete Input. For a current Flex 3 based project I decided to use Adobes component and had the following issue:

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Flex

February 24, 2008

Flex User Group Hamburg March 2008: Let’s talk about PureMVC – Cliff Hall live!

[UPDATE: 03/31/08]If you’ve missed this great event organized by Adobe Flex User Group Hamburg you will find here all slides and discussed topics of the presentations. Cliff, thanks again for visiting our User Group in Hamburg!

That’s awesome! Cliff Hall is going to have a talk about PureMVC at our Flex User Group in Hamburg / Germany. Take the chance to meet him and to talk about the PureMVC project. Here are the details:

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Flex | PureMVC | Talk

February 11, 2008 3

Voices on PureMVC: An interview with Cliff Hall

Cliff Hall, the founder of the PureMVC project, has recently opened a Blog called “Voices on PureMVC” and has started a “Voices Podcast”, too.

At the first episode we’ve talked about some PureMVC demos I’ve created as well as about the experiences using PureMVC in my professional work. It was a lot of fun!

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AIR | Flash | Flex | PureMVC

December 25, 2007 38

10 tips for working with PureMVC

This post is translated into German, Russian, Chinese and French. Thanks a lot to Aleksey, duzengqiang and Eric for the translations!

Jesse Wardens great article called “10 Tips For Working With Cairngorm” has given me the idea to share 10 tips using PureMVC as well. I’ve been using PureMVC intensively for about six months now and – that’s not a secret – I’m loving it. Anyway, all my following opinions are based on my personal experiences only. ;-)

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AIR | Flash | Flex | PureMVC

October 14, 2007 25

ThunderBolt AS3 1.0 released – A lightweight logging tool for Flex 2 and Flash CS3 applications

ThunderBolt AS3 is a lightweight logging tool for Flex 2 and Flash CS3 applications using Firebug as its logging console. It’s open source based on the Mozilla Public License 1.1.

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Debugging | Flash | Flex | Open Source | ThunderBolt

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